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        <a id="gnome-desktop" name="gnome-desktop"></a>gnome-desktop-3.34.4
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Introduction to GNOME Desktop
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          The <span class="application">GNOME Desktop</span> package contains
          a library that provides an API shared by several applications on
          the <span class="application">GNOME</span> Desktop.
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          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
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          Package Information
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                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
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                http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-desktop/3.34/gnome-desktop-3.34.4.tar.xz</a>
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                Download (FTP): <a class="ulink" href=
                "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-desktop/3.34/gnome-desktop-3.34.4.tar.xz">
                ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-desktop/3.34/gnome-desktop-3.34.4.tar.xz</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: d682a05eb98bb2dd434042b6ac4f99d5
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                Download size: 700 KB
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                Estimated disk space required: 19 MB (with tests)
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                Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with
                tests)
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          GNOME Desktop Dependencies
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          Required
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          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-desktop">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-desktop</a>
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          Installation of GNOME Desktop
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          Install <span class="application">GNOME Desktop</span> by running
          the following commands:
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<kbd class="command">mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr                 \
      -Dgnome_distributor="BLFS" .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</kbd>
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          To test the results, run <span class="command"><strong>ninja
          test</strong></span> from a X Terminal or similar.
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
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<kbd class="command">ninja install</kbd>
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          Command Explanations
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          <code class="option">-Dgnome_distributor="Some Name"</code>: Use
          this parameter to supply a custom name in the <span class=
          "quote">&ldquo;<span class=
          "quote">Distributor:</span>&rdquo;</span> field of the <span class=
          "quote">&ldquo;<span class="quote">GNOME About</span>&rdquo;</span>
          display window.
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          <code class="option">-Dgtk_doc=true</code>: Use this parameter if
          you wish to build the API documentation.
        </p>
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          <code class="option">-Dinstalled_tests=true</code>: Use this
          parameter you wish to enable the installed tests.
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          Contents
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">None</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Library:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">libgnome-desktop-3.so</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/usr/include/gnome-desktop-3.0,
              /usr/share/gnome, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop3, and
              /usr/share/help/*/{fdl,gpl,lgpl}</span>
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                    <a id="libgnome-desktop-3" name=
                    "libgnome-desktop-3"></a><span class="term"><code class=
                    "filename">libgnome-desktop-3.so</code></span>
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                    contains functions shared by several <span class=
                    "application">GNOME</span> applications.
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